John Tavares, Auston Matthews and Patrick Marleau — with the 544th of his career — scored in the opening 13:38 and the Toronto Maple Leafs displayed all their talent with a 7-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.

Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Rasmus Sandin was always expected to play a big role as part of Sweden's world junior entry but he now could see even more high-pressure minutes with AHL teammate Timothy Liljegren's presumed absence.

Trinity Development and its founder John Ruddy are countersuing Eugene Melnyk and his sports company for $1 billion, effectively killing any chance of the two ever redeveloping LeBreton Flats or building a new downtown hockey arena.

The general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs knows full well an offer sheet from another team could potentially be thrown the way of Auston Matthews or Mitch Marner if either player remains unsigned on July 1.

The house cleaning continued in Philadelphia on Monday, with the floundering Flyers firing head coach Dave Hakstol, three weeks after general manager Ron Hextall was let go. Scott Gordon, head coach of the team's AHL affiliate, will be interim coach.